MessageToEagle.com – In Greek mythology, the Stymphalian Birds with beaks and wings of iron looked like winged maidens with birds’ feet. While shape-shifting into sirens, they lured people into the
MessageToEagle.com – Sacred Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, Japan has been widely venerated mountain in Japan since ancient times. People of both Buddhist and Shinto faiths considered it an
MessageToEagle.com – King Arthur is one of, if not the, most legendary icons of medieval Britain. His popularity has lasted centuries, mostly thanks to the numerous incarnations of his
A. Sutherlad – MessageToEagle.com – A shape-shifting mythical water bird, Boobrie, is a huge, black creature flying through the water and haunting lakes and salt-water wells. In Scottish
MessageToEagle.com – Known under a number of different names, Kukulkan, the Feathered Serpent was one of the most important gods in Mesoamerica. The Aztecs called him Quetzalcoatl and the
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – In myths and legends from around the world, birds play many different roles but first of all they connect the human world with
MessageToEagle.com – Celtic tradition describes the Fomorians as rather terrifying giant creatures, horribly deformed and often mistaken for demons. It is said that this race of ugly beings descended
MessageToEagle.com – Great power of the glacial melting water and movement of stones created some of the most spectacular potholes often called Giant’s Kettles (or Giant’s cauldrons). Finland has
MessageToEagle.com – Similar to Banshee in Irish mythology, the Green Lady has a very special place in the Scottish and Welsh folklore as she is believed to protect
MessageToEagle.com – People have always believed in vampires. This very old belief was deeply held in the Celtic culture and very widespread in ancient Europe. People believed in
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – It is in the nature of humans to wonder about the beginnings of life and how the earth came to be. Therefore, many
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Among many fascinating supernatural beings known to the Slavic people is puzzling Likho (in Polish: ‘licho’), a demonic, one-eyed evil woman. Was it
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A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Only fragmentary but still very interesting Babylonian myth tells the story of a gigantic bird with a lion’s head, whose flapping wings were
MessageToEagle.com – There are several different accounts of the legend about the mythical and highly spectacular submerged city of Ys. When reading about this mysterious place one immediately
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – In our ancestors’ consciousness, shaped by legends and myths, marshes and other wetlands were considered to be elusive and unpredictable places of evil
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’ is not the first literary source that mentions the name ‘Gilgamesh’, who was the fifth ruler of the dynasty of Uruk and
MessageToEagle.com – Full Moon is related to numerous ancient myths and legends and even paranormal tales. Many different superstitions and beliefs influenced our ancestors who looked at the
MessageToEagle.com – Yam (Yamm), (in Hebrew, means ‘sea’) is best known from Canaanite tablets unearthed at Ugarit, and related in myths to Baal, the son of the supreme
MessageToEagle.com – Thor was a very popular deity, particularly in Iceland and the western part of Norway; several complex rituals related to him existed, and when Christianity began
MessageToEagle.com – Apophis (also known as Apep) symbolized chaos and powers of darkness. This evil, gigantic snake was feared by the ancient Egyptians who believed that Apocalypse could
MessageToEagle.com – Wilhelm Tell was a Swiss national hero who symbolizes the struggle for political and individual freedom. The scene depicting the hero shooting an apple off his son’s
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – People who visit Scotland often ask where they can find the mysterious and beautiful village of Brigadoon. It’s a place where the passing of
MessageToEagle.com – In Norse mythology Ragnarok (Ragnarök) is the end of the world as the Vikings knew it. The concept of fate dominates Norse mythology and to the Norse
